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EP 2388133 B1 20161102 - Folding machine amd method

Title (en)

Folding machine amd method

Title (de)

Faltmaschine und Verfahren

Title (fr)

Plieuse et méthode

Publication

EP 2388133 B1 20161102 (EN)

Application

EP 11166322 A 20110517

Priority

IT FI20100107 A 20100517

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2388133A1] Folding machine for sheets of paper material and the like comprising a first pair of cylinders (2, 10) and a second pair of cylinders (7, 8) capable of moving the sheet that is to be folded, characterized in that the shafts of the cylinders (7, 8) of said second pair of cylinders (7, 8) are movable relative to the shafts of the cylinders (2, 10) of said first pair of cylinders (2, 10).

IPC 8 full level

B31F 1/00 (2006.01); B65H 45/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B31F 1/0009 (2013.01); B65H 45/12 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2388133 A1 20111123; EP 2388133 B1 20161102; IT 1400065 B1 20130517; IT FI20100107 A1 20111118

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11166322 A 20110517; IT FI20100107 A 20100517